by Richard Flatau | Sep 11, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop
I plan to do a 3 part Cordwood Newsletter as a blog post and see how it works. I have tried Mail Chimp and a few other services, they are all good venues but don’t seem to work for what I have to show. In these eNewsletters I usually share photos and stories...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 18, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized
The final cordwood workshop of the year took place on August 10, 2013 at the Kinstone Chapel near Fountain City, Wisconsin. This was a one day workshop and featured an hour of classroom and three (2 hour) mortaring sessions. It was a rousing success. Good people,...
by Richard Flatau | Jul 24, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized
For those who are visual learners (that’s most of us) here are a few pictures of very well build and very good looking cordwood homes. Naturally the eye is drawn to pleasant shapes. The Greeks considered the Golden Ratio the ideal shape of a building and used...
by Richard Flatau | Jul 18, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized
Another group of talented, interesting and wonderful folks attended the Cordwood Workshop at the Kinstone Chapel near Fountain City, Wisconsin on July 13-14, 2013 to continue the building of the chapel’s cordwood walls. As you may know, this Chapel is being...
by Richard Flatau | Jul 9, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop
We built a cordwood warming hut at the Merrill School Forest that morphed into a public school classroom along the way. The goal was to create a natural building using materials from the surrounding woods for students to warm up in on their winter hikes. The result...
